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ketchupstain is offering clay workshops exclusively for Black folks at a reduced prices in order to remove barriers and promote access in creative spaces. Consider donating to this cause so we can keep ticket prices down and offer no-cost spots in the class.
Black Clay @ Kollektiv
Please Note: This one-day class is for the Black community only. It is offered at a reduced price in order to promote community and access.
Spend time with Kristen in a workshop focused on coil building in the Caribbean and West Africa. Learn about Black creative craft history and make a black pot of your own! Clay, tools, and refreshments will be provided.
You will be notified when your pieces are ready for pickup at Kollektiv Clay about 4 weeks after the session.
Sign up here.
Black Clay @ Kollektiv
Please Note: This one-day class is for the Black community only. It is offered at a reduced price in order to promote community and access.
Spend time with Kristen in a workshop focused on coil building in the Caribbean and West Africa. Learn about Black creative craft history and make a black pot of your own! Clay, tools, and refreshments will be provided.
You will be notified when your pieces are ready for pickup at Kollektiv Clay about 4 weeks after the session.
Sign up here.
Black Clay @ Kollektiv
Please Note: This one-day class is for the Black community only. It is offered at a reduced price in order to promote community and access.
Spend time with Kristen in a workshop focused on coil building in the Caribbean and West Africa. Learn about Black creative craft history and make a black pot of your own! Clay, tools, and refreshments will be provided.
You will be notified when your pieces are ready for pickup at Kollektiv Clay about 4 weeks after the session.
Sign up here.
Black Clay @ Kollektiv
Please Note: This one-day class is for the Black community only. It is offered at a reduced price in order to promote community and access.
Spend time with Kristen in a workshop focused on coil building in the Caribbean and West Africa. Learn about Black creative craft history and make a black pot of your own! Clay, tools, and refreshments will be provided.
You will be notified when your pieces are ready for pickup at Kollektiv Clay about 4 weeks after the session.
Sign up here.
Youth Black Clay @ Kollektiv Clay
Please Note: This one-day class is for the Black community only, ages 12-17.
It is offered at a reduced price in order to promote community and access. The price of the ticket is $5 with an option to pay an additional amount that will support accessibility for the next youth class.
Spend time with Kristen in a workshop focused on coil building in the Caribbean and West Africa. Learn about Black creative craft history and make a black pot of your own! Clay, tools, and refreshments will be provided.
You will be notified when your pieces are ready for pickup at Kollektiv Clay about 4 weeks after the session.
Sign up here.
Closing Event: "While It Lasts It Looks Miraculous"
"While It Lasts It Looks Miraculous"
Curators Ruth Gebreyesus and David Wilson use this quotation from Etel Adnan's Journey to Mount Tamalpais as a lens to bring together an interdisciplinary group of Oakland artists. Featuring works by Jeffrey Cheung, Chris Duncan, Dillon Gardner, Jim Melchert, Dan Miller, William Scott, Dean Smith, Chinzalee Sonami, Kristen Stain, Nobuto Suga, Christine Szeto, and Gaila Turner.
This event is sponsored by the Activate Oakland Event Sponsorship Program.
Black Clay @ Kollektiv Clay June 2nd + June 16th
Please Note: This TWO-SESSION class is for the Black community only. It is offered at a reduced price in order to promote community and access.
Spend time with Kristen in a workshop focused on coil building in the Caribbean and West Africa. Learn about Black creative craft history and make a black pot of your own! Clay, tools, and refreshments will be provided.
During the first session we will build our pots together. During the second session on June 16th, we will have a glazing demo and glaze the works together before they are finished and fired.
Sign up here.
Bud Vases
Join Kristen for a one-day pinch pot workshop. Each student will make and decorate 2-3 bud vases of their own. Projects will be available for pickup roughly 4 weeks after class.
Mug Making Workshop
Join artist Kristen for a one-day hand building workshop. Each student will make and decorate a unique mug of their own. Projects will be available for pickup roughly 4 weeks after class.
Mug Making Workshop
Join Kristen Stain for a one-day mug making workshop. Each student will make and decorate a unique mug of their own.
Bud Vases
Join Kristen Stain for a one-day ceramics workshop using the pinch method. Each student will recieve 4 pounds of clay in order to make 2-3 bud vases of their own.
Black Clay
Spend time with Kristen Stain (she/they) in a workshop focused on coil building in the Caribbean and West Africa. Learn about Black creative craft history and make a black pot of your own! Clay, tools, and wine will be provided. All pieces will be fired and glazed by Clay Clubhouse and ready for pickup up to 4 weeks after the workshop.